Talk:Leighton Buzzard

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Contents 1 River Ouzel or Lovat 2 Leighton Buzzard meaning Leighton-Linslade 3 Vanity listing 4 Geodata

[edit] River Ouzel or Lovat

Previously the article said "River Ouzel (known locally as the River Lovat)". I have looked at information such as Ordnance Survey maps, books on the natural history of Bedfordshire, Google, and a Tourist Information leaflet on Leighton-Linslade, all of which just say "River Ouzel". It seems that the name Lovat is now only used at Newport Pagnell. JonH 12:47, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Leighton Buzzard meaning Leighton-Linslade

The town council uses "Leighton-Linslade" to refer to the combination of the two towns. But I think other people are not so careful, and I have changed the first paragraph accordingly. Note that before I changed the article, its descriptions of population, railway, canal, and the Linslade Singers all applied partly to Linslade.

However, I live in Dunstable, and residents of Leighton-Linslade may have other opinions! JonH 13:00, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

You're right. "Leighton-Linslade" is never used by locals, only by the council. People use "Leighton Buzzard" to refer to the combined town. Mister Ant 08:02, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vanity listing

Who is Tavis Prewett that has been added by a non logined user? Deben Dave 21:46, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

If he is not notable enough to have his own article, he shouldn't be listed. Reverted. --Concrete Cowboy 00:34, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Don't be so silly, tavis is a well known and well respected member of the Leighton Buzzard Community Well create a page if he is that famous and link him too it that is all we are asking in fact we would like to know about him.

Not 100% sure, but if he's only notable in Leighton Buzzard [Or surrounding areas] then I don't think he'd qualify for his own article. Scarian 16:27, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

As a non-resident of Leighton Buzzard, I in fact come from rural Wales, I am surprised that many have not heard of Tavis Prewett. His tireless work for road safety is inspiring and has rubbed off on many people from my peer group, as has his infectious sense of humour in satirising pop culture (most notably his impressions of figures from advertising or reality television contests). It is a travesty that this upstanding member of the community is not recognised. He is an ambassador for Leighton Buzzard and should warrant a mention. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.172.110.194 (talk) 10:28, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Where is the evidence? Even a newspaper cutting? --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 16:55, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Geodata

LB isn't appearing on Google Earth, so I added the COORD template at end as this does work. But now we seem to have two overlapping addresses at the top line? Is the second one coming from the OSCOOR in the infobox? --John Maynard Friedman 14:06, 16 November 2007 (UTC)